Legal Opinion
Gibbs Loom Harness & Reed Co. v. Howard Bros. Mfg. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Decided May 7, 1907No. 171PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Equity
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
This suit involves claims 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, and lo of letters patent No. 626,900, issued June 13, 1899, to William H. Gibbs, for a heddle-making machine. The specification alleges:
“The object of my invention is to provide an automatic power-driven machine for making and finishing wire heddles of substantially the construction illustrated in letters patent of the United States to Herman Vogelsang, No. 527,165, granted October 9, 1894.
“To these ends my invention consists of the parts and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed…
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